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Texas Bill Would Require Women To Take Adoption Class Before Abortion

A new bill being advanced in the Texas state Senate would require
women to take a three-hour class on adoption before legally being
allowed to have an abortion.

Senate Bill 42,
filed by Texas State Sen. Eddie Lucio, an anti-abortion Democrat, would
direct the state's Health and Human Services Commission to develop a
three-hour course "regarding a pregnant woman's option to place her
child for adoption." Women would be required to complete the course at
least 24 hours before having an abortion. Lucio said the bill is
intended to change women's minds about ending their pregnancies.

“It is my hope that, when presented with more information on adoption
resources and services available, more pregnancies can be carried to
term,” Lucio said in a statement.

Lucio was the only Senate Democrat who voted in favor of the sweeping
abortion restrictions Gov. Rick Perry (R) signed into law this month,
which prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, require doctors to
have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and require abortion
clinics to become ambulatory surgical centers. Opponents of the law say
it is likely to shut down many or most of the abortion clinics in the
state.

Texas also has laws requiring women to have an ultrasound, hear a
description of the fetus and undergo counseling before getting an
abortion.

Lucio said he does not expect his bill to pass in the current
legislative special session, because it ended on Tuesday. But it has a
chance of being brought up in the third special session that Perry
announced this week.

“I am fully aware that this bill, filed on the last day of the second
special legislative session, will not immediately pass; however, I
intend to continue advocating adoption as an alternative," he said.

Who is playing for all of this? So abortions in Texas might take at least 3 days? One for this ridiculous session, another for an info session and then the actual abortion, what if one just needs the pill? And people wonder why back alley abortions still happen...

Because women are so helpless and stupid that they don't already understand the options available when they have an unwanted pregnancy. So force them to take an adoption class and get a transvaginal ultrasound and jump through any number of other hoops in an effort to delay and shame and cause guilt.

Because women are so helpless and stupid that they don't already understand the options available when they have an unwanted pregnancy. So force them to take an adoption class and get a transvaginal ultrasound and jump through any number of other hoops in an effort to delay and shame and cause guilt.

Hell to the NO.

That's exactly how I feel. The people pushing thiese bills obviously don't think much of women. Ridiculous.

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